Differential performance of a specialist and two generalist herbivores and their parasitoids on Plantago lanceolata.

abstract：:Fertile queens of the antMonomorium pharaonis produce a chemical substance which is not present in worker ants or in young, alate (virgin) queens. The material has been identified as (E,E,E)-1-isopropenyl-4,8,12-trimethylcyclotetradeca-3,7,11-triene (neocembrene). This chemical is produced in the Dufour's gland of fer...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Edwards JP,Chambers J

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex attractant pheromones are highly sensitive and selective tools for detecting and monitoring populations of insects, yet there has been only one reported case of pheromones being used to monitor protected species. Here, we report the identification and synthesis of the sex pheromone of a protected European moth spe...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Millar JG,McElfresh JS,Romero C,Vila M,Marí-Mena N,Lopez-Vaamonde C

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Racemicezo-brevicomin, racemic frontalin, and myrcene were released at two proportions (5∶1∶400 and 1∶1∶1), each at three levels (1 ×, 10 ×, and 100 ×) in a ponderosa pine forest in central California. The 5∶1∶400 mix was based on an estimate of the relative amounts released from a ponderosa pine under attack by the w...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Tilden PE,Bedard WD

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new blend of volatiles was identified for the fruit of downy red hawthorn, Crataegus mollis, that is attractive to Rhagoletis pomonella flies infesting this host in the northeastern USA. The new blend was as attractive as the previously identified mixture but is more complex in the number of odorants (six in the old...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Cha DH,Powell THQ,Feder JL,Linn CE Jr

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By utilizing one- and two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance techniques, the complete assignments of the proton and carbon spectra of the lactones anastrephin, epianastrephin, and suspensolide have been accomplished. These compounds are pheromone components for both the Caribbean and Mexican fruit flies. The relat...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Baker JD,Heath RR

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The suitability of the Bradford protein assay for measuring plant protein was evaluated and a standard method developed. The assay involves extraction of dried, fresh, or frozen plant material in 0.1 NaOH for 30 min. Replicate 100-μl aliquots of centrifuged supernatant are assayed with 5 ml Bio-Rad Bradford dye reagen...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Jones CG,Daniel Hare J,Compton SJ

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In studies of feeding by the bark beetle, Ips paraconfusus, two pine stilbenes (pinosylvin and pinosylvin methyl ether), ferulic acid glucoside, and enantiomers of the four most common sugars present in ponderosa pine phloem (sucrose, glucose, fructose, and raffinose) did not stimulate or reduce male feeding when assa...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： McNee WR,Bonello P,Storer AJ,Wood DL,Gordon TR

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factors eliciting copulatory behavior in mature maleHylobius abietis were studied in the laboratory. Dead female weevils were sexually attractive, while dead mature males and pentane-extracted female weevils were not. The sexual attractiveness of dead females declined with time after death. Pentane extracts of whole f...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Tilles DA,Eidmann HH,Solbreck B

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrogen-limited plants ofHeterotheca subaxillaris accumulate greater quantities of leaf volatile terpenes than do nitrogen-rich plants. A series of feeding trials were performed to determine if such nitrate-limited plants are better defended against generalist-feeding insect herbivores. Soybean looper (Pseudoplusia i...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Mihaliak CA,Couvet D,Lincoln DE

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We focus this mini-review on how naturally occurring chemical cues mediate ecological interactions, especially interspecific competition and predation in freshwater communities. Although freshwater chemical ecology lags behind terrestrial and marine chemical ecology, we identify recent progress toward: (1) identifying...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Burks RL,Lodge DM

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Feeding of theophylline to hornet workers from their moment of eclosion during the summer results in the following effects on the hornets: loss of appetite for proteins, inhibited ovarial development, no cell-building activity, negative phototaxis, gradual slow-down of spontaneous motor activity, difficulty in flight ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Ishay JS,Afek AB,Shimony TB

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently parasitoids were hypothesized to encounter a reliability-detectability problem relating to chemical stimuli from the first and second trophic level, when searching for hosts. The relative role of infochemicals originating from the host,Pieris brassicae (second trophic level), and its food plant, cabbage (firs...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Steinberg S,Dicke M,Vet LE

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interdigital secretions were collected from eight male white-tailed deer of various ages. Analysis of volatiles was performed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry with a modified headspace technique. Forty-six volatile compounds were found including alkanes, arenes, aldehydes, ketones, aliphatic acids, esters, pyrr...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Gassett JW,Wiesler DP,Baker AG,Osborn DA,Miller KV,Marchinton RL,Novotny M

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) is a generalist herbivore whose diet includes Eucalyptus leaves that are well defended by plant secondary metabolites (PSM) such as the terpene 1,8-cineole (cineole). We accustomed possums to a terpene-free diet, then challenged them with the addition of 2% cineole t...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： McLean S,Brandon S,Boyle RR,Wiggins NL

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantities of attractive (exo-brevicomin and frontalin) and inhibitory (trans-verbenol, verbenone, and ipsdienol) pheromones were monitored in both sexes ofDendroctonus brevicomis during their colonization of a ponderosa pine. Verbenone was found in males in the greatest amounts at the time of landing, and it declined...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Byers JA,Wood DL,Craig J,Hendry LB

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work reports the development and use of techniques for characterizing volatile chemicals emitted by the multicolored Asian lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), in an effort to identify the semiochemicals involved in establishment and persistence of overwintering beetle aggregations...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Brown AE,Riddick EW,Aldrich JR,Holmes WE

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Termite societies are abundant in the tropics, and are therefore exposed to multiple enemies and predators, especially during foraging activity. Soldiers constitute a specialized defensive caste, although workers also participate in this process, and even display suicidal behavior, which is the case with the species N...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Costa-Leonardo AM,da Silva IB,Janei V,Esteves FG,Dos Santos-Pinto JRA,Palma MS

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The opilionid,Stygnomma spinifera, secretes from a pair of exocrine glands on the cephalothorax between the first and second pair of legs a major volatile component, 2-methyl-5-ethylphenol, and two minor components, 2,3-dimethylphenol and 2,3-dimethyl-5-ethylphenol. These alkylphenols are constituents of a defensive s...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Duffield RM,Olubajo O,Wheeler JW,Shear WA

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Entomophagous insects are often repelled by the secondary compounds of the plants eaten by their prey. These compounds, therefore, take on a defensive role for the phytophagous species that sequester them. Given that numerous entomophagous species are capable of learning, the effects on the foraging behavior of a repe...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Le Roux AM,Le Roux G,Thibout E

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite a large number of studies on herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs), little is known about which specific compounds are used by natural enemies to locate prey- or host- infested plants. In addition, the role of HIPVs in attracting natural enemies has been restricted largely to agricultural systems. Differen...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Gols R,Bullock JM,Dicke M,Bukovinszky T,Harvey JA

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we examined the role of sorghum flavonoids in providing resistance against corn leaf aphid (CLA) Rhopalosiphum maidis. In sorghum, accumulation of these flavonoids is regulated by a MYB transcription factor, yellow seed1 (y1). Functional y1 alleles accumulate 3-deoxyflavonoids (3-DFs) and 3-deoxyanthocya...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Kariyat RR,Gaffoor I,Sattar S,Dixon CW,Frock N,Moen J,De Moraes CM,Mescher MC,Thompson GA,Chopra S

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of mustelid anal-gland compounds on population dynamics of the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) was investigated. Densities of deer mice were not found to be significantly different between treated and control areas. However, on average, numbers of deer mice were lower on treated areas following the J...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Zimmerling LM,Sullivan TP

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of intracellular symbionts contributing to their host has been investigated in the planthoppers,Nilaparvata lugens Stal andLaodelphax striatellus Fallen. We have found that the isolated yeastlike symbionts, identified as a member of the genusCandida, from the host's egg produce ergosterol when cultured. A com...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Eya BK,Kenny PT,Tamura SY,Ohnishi M,Naya Y,Nakanishi K,Sugiura M

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Female sex pheromones ofPeriplaneta americana, P. australasiae, andBlatta orientalis elicit locomotion and upwind orientation in conspecific males. Interspecific attraction between these species was observed in a wind tunnel assay for most species combinations, with the exception ofP. australasiae males not being attr...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Seelinger G

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is widely believed that most orchid flowers attract insects by using deception or chemical rewards in the form of nectar. Flowers of Bulbophyllum vinaceum produce a large array of phenylpropanoids that lure tephritid fruit fly males and also act as floral reward, which the flies subsequently convert to pheromone co...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Tan KH,Tan LT,Nishida R

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tachinid flies commonly use the pheromones and allomones of stink bugs (Pentatomidae) as host-finding kairomones. Pheromone-baited traps for predaceous (Podisus spp.) and phytophagous (Euschistus spp.) pentatomids were used to obtain tachinid parasitoids in order to study the semiochemical relationships between these ...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Aldrich JR,Zhang A

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs) are important cues for natural enemies to find their hosts. HIPVs are usually present as blends and the effects of combinations of individual components are less studied. Here, we investigated plant volatiles in a tritrophic system, comprising the parasitoid wasp Lytopylus ruf...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Liu CM,Matsuyama S,Kainoh Y

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthetic aggregation pheromone of the large milkweed bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus (Dallas) (Lygaeinae), also attracted males of the plant bug, Phytocoris difficilis Knight (Miridae). Field testing partial blends against the six-component blend comprising the Oncopeltus pheromone showed that cross-attraction of P. di...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Zhang QH,Aldrich JR

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) are the most diverse group of Apid bees and represent common pollinators in tropical ecosystems. Like honeybees they live in large eusocial colonies and rely on complex chemical recognition and communication systems. In contrast to honeybees, their ecology and especially their chemi...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Leonhardt SD,Blüthgen N,Schmitt T

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The qualitative and quantitative composition of the principal lipid constituents of Siberian musk deer (Moschus moschiferus) preputial gland secretion, main odor carriers and potential precursors of odorous substances, was investigated by means of high-performance liquid chromatography. Free fatty acids and phenols (1...

journal_title：Journal of chemical ecology

authors： Sokolov VE,Kagan MZ,Vasilieva VS,Prihodko VI,Zinkevich EP

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00